The Truth You’ve Probably Never Heard About Riots

Andre Henry
8 min readMay 28, 2020

Why the riots in response to the murder of George Floyd could be a productive part of the movement for Black Lives.

Photo: Flavio Gasperini/Unsplash

There’s a white American proverb about violent protests that goes something like this: “What good will it do?”

As surely as the sun will rise, viral footage of any violent protest concerning race will inevitably lead to some virtue…

--

--

Andre Henry

Best-selling author, award-winning musician, and activist writing about resilience and revolution.